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Avian wings can lengthen rather than shorten in response to increased migratory predation danger
Increasing predation danger can select for safety‐enhancing modifications to prey morphology. Here, we document the multi‐decade wing lengthening of a Pacific flyway migrant, the western sandpiper (Calidris mauri), and contrast this with contemporaneous wing shortening of the closely related semipal...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10363853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37492461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10325 |